Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by reported level of agreement with the statement, 'The school administration's behavior toward the staff is supportive and encouraging' and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

Selected school characteristic

Number of teachers

Percent of teachers who

Strongly agree

Somewhat agree

Somewhat disagree

Strongly disagree

All public schools

3,404,500

55.0

32.7

7.9

4.4

School classification

Traditional public

3,332,100

55.0

32.7

8.0

4.3

Charter school

72,400

56.4

31.6

7.3

4.6

Community type

City

882,400

51.6

33.6

8.9

6.0

Suburb

1,200,700

54.4

33.9

8.0

3.8

Town

467,500

57.1

32.1

7.4

3.4

Rural

853,900

58.4

30.3

7.3

4.0

School level

Elementary

2,147,900

56.6

31.5

7.5

4.3

Secondary

1,099,800

51.9

35.1

8.6

4.4

Combined

156,900

54.6

31.7

9.1

4.6

Student enrollment

Less than 100

48,700

63.2

26.1

6.8

3.9

100-199

124,100

56.9

32.3

6.7

4.1

200-499

1,029,800

56.6

30.7

8.3

4.4

500-749

845,100

55.9

32.0

7.4

4.6

750-999

488,600

55.9

32.2

6.8

5.1

1,000 or more

868,100

51.1

36.3

8.9

3.7

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches

0-34

1,487,900

57.3

31.6

7.4

3.7

35-49

576,000

55.0

32.4

8.1

4.5

50-74

722,500

53.1

33.7

8.2

5.0

75 or more

554,700

51.0

35.2

8.9

4.8

School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

63,400

58.8

26.4

7.2

7.7

!

All BIE schools

4,400

35.8

37.7

16.2

10.3

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher and BIE School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08.